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fine yellow hairs, which are evenly distributed over their surface, the 

 sculpture of short, fine, irregular lines, and, where they become confluent 

 with or intersect one another, they produce a somewhat punctulated 

 appearance. 



Legs stout, femora rather short, the four hind tibia straight, bispinose 

 at apex, finely setose ; the anterior rather abruptly dilated near the apex, 

 so as to appear somewhat deformed, their tarsi strongly dilated, the 

 first joint largest, fourth smallest, fifth elongate ; four hind tarsi slender. 



The antenna are about as long as the head and thorax, terminated 

 by a four-jointed club ; the basal joint is cylindrical, longer and stouter 

 than the second, which exceeds the third in size ; joints three to seven 

 decrease in length, but each becomes a little broader than its prede- 

 cessor, so that the seventh is distinctly wider than the sixth, transversal, 

 yet much smaller than the eighth ; eighth to tenth are transverse and 

 loosely articulated, the eleventh obtusely rounded. 



Length, i line ; breadth, nearly J. 



Two examples in my collection from Tairua. This, and the three 

 following species, are congeneric, but quite distinct from any other 

 known form, so far as I am aware. I hope to be able to study the 

 characters of the insects belonging to this group more carefully next 

 winter, and to form such new genera as may be found necessary for 

 their permanent location. 



284. M. punctulata, n.s. Closely resembles M. hirtalis, so 

 much so, that it is unnecessary to recapitulate what has been written 

 concerning it ; this species, however, is quite distinct, as a careful ex- 

 amination of the prothorax will prove ; instead of the fine linear impres- 

 sions seen in that species, the sculpture seems to consist of fine shallow 

 punctures, and the yellow hairs with which it is clothed are abundant, 

 evenly distributed, and separate ; the elytra also are apparently punctu- 

 lated, with clothing similar to that of the thorax ; the head is shining, 

 almost smooth, without distinctly-defined impressions of any kind. 



Length, nearly i line. 



Described from one example, found at Tairua. 



285. M. tOPVUS, n.s. Pitchy-brown, pubescent, legs and antennae 

 red, the club a little infuscate ; in form similar to the preceding. 



The head is coarsely and closely sculptured, with longitudinal linear 

 impressions ; the thorax is similarly, but still more coarsely impressed, 

 nude in front and at the sides, but, on the almost smooth dorsal space, 

 the bright yellow pubescence assumes the pattern exhibited in M. hirtalis; 

 the elytra, at the base and sides, bear the same kind of sculpture as the 

 thorax, but the discoidal portion is nearly smooth, and it is there that 

 the pubescence is almost congregated, that nearest the base is somewhat 

 like that of the thorax, but the rest is evenly distributed. 



The legs resemble those of the typical species ; the intermediate tibia 

 are coarsely ciliated externally. 



Length, i line; quite \ broad. 



One specimen, found at Tairua. This and the preceding species 

 have a more or less distinct sutural stria on each elytron. 



